SUPERSONIC TRANSPORT

AIRCRAFT WITH HYBRID THERMAL

ENGINES

Group 5

GROUP MEMBERS

HARIHARAN S K
PRAMIN PRADEEP
SREEPAD KRISHNAN M
 CONTENTS

WEIGHT ESTIMATION 1

RANGE TRADEOFF 2

PAYLOAD TRADEOFF 3

RANGE AND PAYLOAD 4

TRADEOFF
 WEIGHT ESTIMATION
MATLAB CODE:
w_pl=37478.58; %payload
w_crew=1868.8;
wm1=0.990;
wm2=0.995;
wm3=0.995;
wm4=0.980;
L_DC=7.4; %L/D ratio during cruise
R=5500; %units: miles
V=1350; %units: mi/hr while cruising at M 2.04
cc=.7; %tsfc during cruise (Units:lbs/lbs/hrs)
wm5=exp(-1*(R*cc)/(V*L_DC));
L_DL=7; %L/D ratio during loiter
t=0.5; %in hrs
cl=0.6; %tsfc during loiter (Units:lbs/lbs/hrs)
wm6=exp(-1*(t*cl)/(L_DL));
wm7=0.990;
wm8=0.992;
M_ff=wm1*wm2*wm3*wm4*wm5*wm6*wm7*wm8;
for w_to_g=0:5:1000000 %supersonic a/c weight is around 5,00,000
w_f_used=(1-M_ff)*w_to_g; %used fuel
w_f_res=(0.25*w_f_used); %reserved fuel
w_f=w_f_used+w_f_res; %fuel weight
w_oe_tent=w_to_g-w_pl-w_f;%operational empty weight
w_e_t=w_oe_tent-w_crew; %empty weight
w_to=w_to_g;
w_e=10^((log10(w_to)-0.4221)/0.9876); %regression lines equation
err=((abs(w_e-w_e_t))/w_e)*100;
if err<.5 %given in 'Roskam'
break;
end
end
display(w_to_g)
display(w_e_t)

RESULT

WTO= 492035 Lbs

WPAYLOAD= 215720 Lbs

 RANGE TRADEOFF
MATLAB CODE
w_pl=37478.58;
w_e=215720;
w_crew=1868.8;
wm1=0.990;
wm2=0.995;
wm3=0.995;
wm4=0.980;
L_DC=7.4; %L/D ratio during cruise
V=1350; %units: mi/hr while cruising at M 2.04
cc=0.7; %tsfc during cruise units:(lbs/lbs/hrs)
for R=3300:100:6800 %varying values for Range
wm5=exp(-1*(R*cc)/(V*L_DC));
L_DL=7; %L/D ratio during loiter
l=0.5; %in hrs
cl=0.6; %tsfc during loiter Units:(lbs/lbs/hrs)
wm6=exp(-1*(l*cl)/(L_DL));
wm7=0.990;
wm8=0.992;
M_ff=wm1*wm2*wm3*wm4*wm5*wm6*wm7*wm8;
w_to=(w_pl+w_e+w_crew)/((1.25*M_ff)-.255);
display(R)
display(w_to)
end

Range Tradeoff
6.00E+05

5.50E+05

5.00E+05
WTO (Lbs)

4.50E+05

4.00E+05

3.50E+05

3.00E+05
3000 3500 4000 4500 5000 5500 6000 6500 7000
Range (Miles)
 PAYLOAD TRADEOFF
MATLAB CODE
R=5500;
w_e=215720;
w_crew=1868.8;
wm1=0.990;
wm2=0.995;
wm3=0.995;
wm4=0.980;
L_DC=7.4; %L/D ratio during cruise
V=1350; %units: mi/hr while cruising at M 2.04
cc=0.7; %tsfc during cruise Units:(lbs/lbs/hrs)
for w_pl=20000:1000:98000 %varying values for Payload
wm5=exp(-1*(R*cc)/(V*L_DC));
L_DL=7; %L/D ratio during loiter
l=0.5; %in hrs
cl=0.6; %tsfc during loiter Units:(lbs/lbs/hrs)
wm6=exp(-1*(l*cl)/(L_DL));
wm7=0.990;
wm8=0.992;
M_ff=wm1*wm2*wm3*wm4*wm5*wm6*wm7*wm8;
w_to=(w_pl+w_e+w_crew)/((1.25*M_ff)-.255);
display(w_pl)
display(w_to)
end

Payload Tradeoff
6.50E+05

6.00E+05

5.50E+05
WTO (Lbs)

5.00E+05

4.50E+05

4.00E+05
0 20000 40000 60000 80000 100000 120000
Payload (Lbs)
 PAYLOAD & RANGE TRADEOFF

MATLAB CODE

w_to=492035;
w_e=215720;
w_crew=1868.8;
wm1=0.990;
wm2=0.995;
wm3=0.995;
wm4=0.980;
L_DC=7.4; %L/D ratio during cruise
V=1350; %Units: mi/hr while cruising at M 2.04
cc=0.7; %tsfc during cruise Units:(lbs/lbs/hrs)
for R=3300:100:6800 %varying values for Range
wm5=exp(-1*(R*cc)/(V*L_DC));
L_DL=7; %L/D ratio during loiter
l=0.5; %in hrs
cl=0.6; %tsfc during loiter Units:(lbs/lbs/hrs)
wm6=exp(-1*(l*cl)/(L_DL));
wm7=0.990;
wm8=0.992;
M_ff=wm1*wm2*wm3*wm4*wm5*wm6*wm7*wm8;
w_f_used=(1-M_ff)*w_to;
w_f_res=0.25*w_f_used;
w_f=w_f_used+w_f_res;
w_oe=w_e+(.005*w_to)+w_crew;
w_pl=w_to-w_f-w_oe;
display(R)
display(w_pl)
end

Payload & Range Tradeoff

8000

7000

6000

5000
Range (Miles)

4000

3000

2000

1000

0
0.00E+00 2.00E+04 4.00E+04 6.00E+04 8.00E+04 1.00E+05 1.20E+05
Payload (Lbs)